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Karachi:Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address the media in the evening briefing about the contents of the inquiry report In order to make the report accessible to public, the commission headed by the Prime Minister is under meeting at Prime Minister House discussing the report.In the wake of the inquiry commission report release, Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf demand for the report to be made public.The meeting is attended by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar,Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar,Irfan Siddiqui, Pervez Rashid,

SUKKUR The authorities on Thursday have declared as many as 46 points in Sindh sensitive to floods.Destruction by floods in River Sindh continues as another levee was breached in Rajanpur while moderate level flood at Chashma Barrage led authorities to open all 52 spillways.Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif cut short his foreign tour to visit flood-hit areas. The CM paid a visit to Jakhar Imam Shah and expressed resentment over authorities slackness. CM Shahbaz also visited Kot

ISLAMABAD: A three-judge inquiry commission investigating alleged rigging in the 2013 general election has stated in its final report that the polls were “organized and conducted fairly and in accordance with the law”.Noting lapses by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the three-judge commission states in the report that “it cannot be said…that the elections were not a true and fair reflection of the mandate given by the electorate”.Excerpts from the report, copies of which are

BAGHDAD Pentagon chief Ashton Carter flew to Baghdad Thursday for talks on Iraq s war against the Islamic State group, whose "caliphate" is shrinking but is ramping up deadly car bombings.Carter was to meet Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Sunni Arab tribal leaders from Anbar, the province where much of the fighting has taken place in recent weeks.During his brief visit, which had not been announced in advance for security reasons, Carter will also meet some of the 3,500 US troops

CHITTAGONG: South Africa were 23-0 in their second innings after the visitors bowled out Bangladesh for 326 runs at tea on the third day of the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday.Openers Stiaan van Zyl (13 not out) and Dean Elgar (10 not out) remained unbeaten to trim the visitors’ deficit to 55.Wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das made 50, his maiden Test 50, after putting on 82 runs in a stand with Shakib Al Hasan (47) for the sixth wicket, as Bangladesh posted their highest Test score against the world’s number

Singapore: Oil prices were mixed in Asia Thursday, with WTI stuck below $50 a barrel after a rise in US stockpiles added to concerns over a supply glut, analysts said.The US Department of Energy on Wednesday said the country´s commercial crude stockpiles rose 2.5 million barrels last week, while supplies at the closely watched Cushing, Oklahoma, hub were up 800,000 barrels.The report also showed US production staying at near-record levels of about 9.6 million barrels per day, bad news

BUENOS AIRES Pop star Justin Bieber got some good news on his legal woes Wednesday when a court in Argentina dropped a warrant for his arrest for allegedly assaulting a photographer.Judge Alberto Banos said the Canadian singer, 21, would still face the assault charge related to the 2013 incident in Buenos Aires, but that Bieber was not now subject to an arrest warrant.Now Bieber is supposed to contact authorities about when he can testify in the investigation, DyN news reported.Argentina

PESHAWAR – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday has confessed that he could not give Khyber Pakhunkhwa (KP) required attention and time due to sit-ins and protests.He expressed these views in a press conference.Khan will leave for Chitral today. He said that he was scheduled to pay a visit to Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan but could not due to bad weather. However, he said that he would visit flood affected today.While answering a question, he said that had Reham not been a political

KARACHI: The Central leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to reshuffle the Sindh cabinet, sources said.According to the sources the decision has been taken at a meeting held in Dubai.They said it was decided that Sharjeel Memon would be given portfolio of Works and Services Department and Archives while Nisar Khoro, Nasir Shah, Mukesh Kumar Chawla and Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani would assume provincial ministries of Information, local government, Public Health Engineering and

ISLAMABAD: Praising counter-terrorism department of Sindh Police, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday said the suspected culprits of Safoora carnage including the mastermind are arrested within four days of the incident.Speaking to media representatives here, he said the suspects of gun attack on Ismaili community’s bus were arrested with the assistance of security and intelligence agencies.At least 46 people including women belonging to Ismaili community were killed in the attack near Safoora Chowrangi area of Karachi last week.The same mob is involved in other recent terror acts in Karachi, he added referring to assassination of T2F owner Sabeen Mahmud and attack on Bohri community.Condemning the barbaric attack on what he termed an

WEB DESK: Shoaib Sheikh, the cheif executive of Axact has been placed on the exit control list, The FIA officials have requested that Sheikh’s name be placed in the ECL until investigation on the alleged fake degree scam is completed.Meanwhile, the Sindh Revenue Board has issued a notice to the IT-based company for evasion of taxes. According to the SRB, Axact has not shown their income details for the past two years. Out of 6,000,00 share holders only two were cleared.Tashfeen Niaz, chairman SRB will send three notices to the company in seven days. If there is no reply the board will begin their audit.

LAHORE The report of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing Model Town tragedy has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and provincial and federal ministers,According to the report obtained by Dunya, the blame has been put on former Superintendent of Police (SP) Security Muhammad Salman and ten police personnel.It further says that no minister of advisor of federal government had anything to do with the law and order of the province and that the allegations on Prime Minister and federal ministers are baseless.The report says that as many as two thousand to three thousand workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) clashed with the police personnel and both threw stones at each other and